Good data herein, for whenever you think it's time to visit a restaurant again.

>> In Allen’s view, the approach to reopening the economy while keeping people safe and healthy can be summed up best as everyone collectively playing an ascribed part. “People going to restaurants should be acting as if they have [the virus] even if they’re feeling fine”

https://www.eater.com/21262619/is-it-safe-to-eat-out-coronavirus-restaurant-safety-risks-covid-19

The Tasmanian tiger may be gone, but it’s not forgotten. New footage of the extinct marsupial has emerged from the vault of the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA), showing the last known member of the species in a dingy cage. https://newatlas.com/science/tasmanian-tiger-video/

Outside Offices: 14 Detached Work Pods, Eggs, Modules & More

Some of these do look rather cool.

https://weburbanist.com/2012/04/30/outside-offices-14-detached-work-pods-eggs-modules-more/

Graduate Student Solves Decades-Old Conway Knot Problem https://www.quantamagazine.org/graduate-student-solves-decades-old-conway-knot-problem-20200519/

I finally found some time to listen to this uplifting choral piece

In case you want a moment of peace.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLPP3XmYxXg&feature=youtu.be

Julie Alice Chappell has taken permaculture principles to create stunning pieces of art. By recyling computer components, Julie's 'bugs' help raise awareness of waste in the environment. https://www.permaculture.co.uk/articles/recycling-create-art-computer-component-bugs

A sinkhole outside Rome’s Pantheon revealed ancient paving stones. The seven slabs, made of sedimentary rock, seem to date from between 27 and 25 BC. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/sinkhole-reveals-imperial-roman-paving-stones-180974901/

The 49 Best Movies Set in New York City

...or at least a pretty good list of movies worth (re)watching.
https://www.cntraveler.com/gallery/best-new-york-city-movies

"This effort will provide 300,000 meals for hungry North Texans during a critical time,” said Trisha Cunningham, president and CEO of the North Texas Food Bank. https://www.dallasnews.com/arts-entertainment/music/2020/05/14/don-henleys-handwritten-lyrics-to-desperado-fetch-the-highest-price-at-charity-auction/

'I took the last ever shot of the Beatles – and they were miserable!'
...Wow I know a lot of these photos. But hadn't paid attention to the photographer previously. https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2019/feb/10/ethan-russell-photographer-beatles-last-photo-rolling-stones-the-who

Smart Compose is a tool for Google Docs that predicts which words and phrases you'll type and offers to finish them off for you. ... but Microsoft has now gone one better with a feature for Microsoft Word that can re-write whole sentences for you. https://mspoweruser.com/microsoft-word-sentence-rewrite-suggestions/

A South Korean soccer team has apologized for putting sex dolls in the stands to make things feel less lonely. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-52702075

Fontaine writes in his introduction, “binge and bro culture—so familiar to Americans—started not in classical Greece or Rome but in Germany five hundred years ago.” https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/renaissance-drinking-advice

The Reason There’s Still a Pasta Shortage https://slate.com/business/2020/05/pasta-shortage-coronavirus-why.html

"I see RSS curation like the practice of cooking one’s own meals. There’s something magical about picking specific ingredients, using custom tools to prepare them, and then consuming the output." https://danielmiessler.com/blog/its-time-to-get-back-into-rss/

An insurgent peasantry–in the year 1381, in the wake of the plague’s course through England–led a rebellion that came to be known as the “Peasants’ Revolt.” https://jhiblog.org/2020/05/02/workers-protests-in-the-wake-of-pandemic-a-medievalists-view/

Illustrations by a little-known Brazilian artist for the first French translation of H. G. Wells’ science-fiction classic. https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/henrique-alvim-correa-war-of-the-worlds